谢谢您在电话里对我的问题(指上条[问])所作的回答。但是,我的观点是基于以下英语著作对 had expected 的解答而得出的:
A.《贺氏英文法全书》(上册, p. 595) 上说: hope, wish, expect, think, intend, mean, suppose 等的过去完成式是叙述过去没有实现的希望、打算、计划，也表示了失望或出乎意料之外等情结，例: I hadn't for a minute supposed(expected) that I should get the first prize.
B. 薄冰教授编写的《高级英语语法》(世界知识出版社, p. 218):
过去完成时有时表示一种未实现的愿望和想法,过去时间往往用过去一般时表示。例如:We had only expected twenty people to register for the course, but twice as many showed up on the first day of classes.
C. 张鑫友教授编写的《英语语法难题新探》(词法篇)(中国地质大学出版社, p. 272): 过去完成时可以表示过去未曾实现的设想、意图、打算或希望, 同时兼有一种对过去希望的破灭的惋惜之情。这种用法仅限于少数动词。例: hope, expect, think, intend, mean, suppose。例如: They had expected to see the film, but couldn't get tickets.
基于以上几本权威辞书的论述,我才认为 D 项,即 had expected 是正确的选项。
您在引用这些例句时忽略了一点:以上所有例句中的 had expected 都是以过去时间为参照点的(时间坐标是过去)。例 1 的过去时间参照点是:I did get the first prize(即在我获得头等奖之前未曾料到)。例 2 的过去时间参照点是:showed up(即在 twice as many showed up 之前曾预料)。例 3 的过去时间参照点是:couldn't get(即在未能买到电影票之前曾预料)。为了说明这一点,让我们再举一些实例:
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I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien to me. (New Concept English, Book 3, L. 57) 我原以为此刻我已接近目的地，但是这里的一切仍使我感到很陌生。
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I had meant to come, but something happened. 我本想来，但发生了点事，没有来。
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I had intended to speak, but time did not permit. 我本来想发言，但是时间不允许。
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I had hoped to send him a telegram to congratulate him on his marriage, but I didn't manage it. (LEG) 我本想在他结婚的时候给他打个电报表示祝贺，但是我却没有做到。
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Langdon nodded but still felt circumspect. He had wanted to bring the London police with them, but Sophie's fears of who might be involved put a damper on any contact with the authorities. (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 兰登点了点头，但还是显得很谨慎。他本想带伦敦警察一块到这里来，但索菲担心警方的参与将会妨碍他们日后与官方的联系。（《达·芬奇密码》）